The unknown craftsman : a Japanese insight into beauty /

This book challenged the conventional ideas of art and beauty. What is the value of things made by an anonymous craftsman working in a set tradition and producing the same objects continuously for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even a roughly lacquered Japanese farmer's r...

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Main Author: Yanagi, Muneyoshi, 1889-1961
Other Authors: Leach, Bernard, 1887-1979
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Tokyo, Palo Alto, Calif.] : Kodansha International, [1972]
Edition:[1st ed.
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Unknown craftsman : a Japanese insight into beauty by Yanagi, Muneyoshi, 1889-1961

New York, NY : Kodansha USA, 2013
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The unknown craftsman : a Japanese insight into beauty by Yanagi, Muneyoshi, 1889-1961

Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1989
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